Impact of sex on severe asthma: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of UK primary and specialist care
Conclusions
Females had increased symptoms and were more likely to be obese despite higher FEV1% predicted and lower type 2 biomarkers with consistent and clinically important differences across both datasets.
Source: Thorax - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Loewenthal, L., Busby, J., McDowell, R., Brown, T., Burhan, H., Chaudhuri, R., Dennison, P., Dodd, J. W., Doe, S., Faruqi, S., Gore, R., Idris, E., Jackson, D. J., Patel, M., Pantin, T., Pavord, I., Pfeffer, P. E., Price, D. B., Rupani, H., Siddiqui, S., Tags: Thorax Asthma Source Type: research